The 36th Fadjr International Theater Festival (FITF) ended in a ceremony after announcing the winners in different categories.
In the international competition section Best Play Award was jointly presented to ‘The History Boys’ by Ashkan Khalilnejad, and ‘Melancholy of the Dragons’ by Philippe Quesne of France, honaronline.ir wrote.
Khalilnejad also received the Best Directing Award and Best Stage Design Award for ‘The History Boys’.
Mehdi Ziachamani won the Best Playwriting Award for ‘The Omissions’.
Special Jury Award for Best Dramatic Composition and Best Acting Award (male) went to Masoud Delkhah for ‘Mephisto’ and Morteza Esmaeil-Kashi respectively.
The Best Costume Design Award went to Neda Nasr for ‘The List of the Dead’.
Best Offstage Play (Unusual Places) was given to ‘Guilty Landscapes’ by Dries Verhoeven (the Netherlands).
The 36th Fadjr International Theater Festival was held from January 18 to 28 in Tehran.
Winners
Best Play Award:
Jointly won by ‘The History Boys’ by Ashkan Khalilnejad, and ‘Melancholy of the Dragons’ by Philippe Quesne, France
Best Directing Award:
Ashkan Khalilnejad for ‘The History Boys’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Playwriting Award:
Mehdi Ziachamani for ‘The Omissions’ – Iran, Mashhad
Special Jury Award for Best Dramatic Composition:
Masoud Delkhah for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Acting Award (male):
Morteza Esmaeil-Kashi for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Acting Award (female):
Katja Bürkle for ‘Hamlet’ – Germany
Best Stage Design Award:
Ashkan Khalilnejad for ‘Boys of History’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Costume Design Award:
Neda Nasr for ‘The List of the Dead’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Music/Sound Design Award:
Valentijn Dhaenens for ‘Big Mouth’ – Belgium
Best Offstage Play (Unusual Places):
‘Guilty Landscapes’ by Dries Verhoeven – The Netherlands
Special Mention:
Remote Tehran, Rimini Protocol Company – Germany
The 36th Fajr International Theater Festival was held January 18 to 28 in Tehran.
